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May 3, 2018

Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

The first round of Czech 1/8 Off-road Nationals was held at the popular Kolin track in perfect weather conditions. In the Nitro Buggy class the battle for the overall TQ was on between Martin Bayer and Jiri Mara. In the end Martin eventually took the overall TQ with Jiri in 2nd and Kaja Novotny in 3rd. After the semifinals it was still Martin on top with Kaja lining up 2nd and Max Gotzl taking 3rd. Right from the tone the top 4 quickly got away but split into two duos at about the 10-minute mark. Up front Martin and Kaja fought for the win while Max and Jiri battled it out for the final podium spot. Ultimately to was Martin with the win from Kaja 2nd and Jiri beat Max for 3rd.

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May 3, 2018

Kröger & Püpke take wins at West German regional

Round one of the West German IC Track regionals was held at the fast and demanding track of the AMC-Hamm e.V. club. In the 1/8 class 2 young David Kröger showed his whole talent and a mature drive as he is not only a fast driver, but also kept things in control when it was needed most. With his father Thomas Kröger as a pitman and mechanic David he drove an intelligent race, not risking too much and bringing home the win in front of Bert Poeser and Gunnar Blumedahl.

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May 3, 2018

Ivanov doubles at ARCMBG Steldi Air Champs Rd1

The opening round of the ARCMBG Steldi Air Off-road Championship was held last weekend. Teodor Ivanov came out on top in 1/8th E-Truggy in front of Stanimir Stanev in 2nd and Julian Tolev in 3rd and Teodor Ivanov would also take the win in 1/8th E-Buggy in front of Zdravko Yanakiev.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 2, 2018

Simon Kurzbuch wins at Swiss IC Track Nats Rd1

The opening round of this year’s Swiss Nitro On-road National Championship was held at the iconic Lostallo track recently. In the premier 1/8th on-road class it was IFMAR 1/8th World Champion, Simon Kurzbuch with the TQ and win from Silvio Hächler 2nd. Luca Martinelli in 3rd rounded out the podium result as Michael Henzi in 4th and Tobias Kerler in 5th completed the top 5.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

May 2, 2018

Marco Natale wins at Italian Off-road regionals

The first round of the Italian 1/8th Off-road regionals was at the Mariglianella track last weekend and it was Mugen’s Marco Natale who walked away with the win in the Nitro Buggy Expert category. Radiosistemi driver, Giuseppe Tescione came in 2nd as Raffaele Del Prete (Mugen) completed the top 3 podium result.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

May 2, 2018

2018 Tiroler Electric On-road Champs – Announcement

The 2018 edition of the Tiroler Electric On-road Championships will kick off on the weekend of the 6th of May at the AMC Tirol track in Kematen, Austria. The 4-race series is run in a total of four electric classes including Touring Modified and Touring Stock as well as Formula and the Histocup. The Touring Modified and Stock classes are run according to current ETS rules while the Formula category also allows to use the older speedo, motor and tyres, however mixing of the parts is not allowed. The Histocup also uses ETS rules but the gear ratio is restricted to 7.0 and youngtimer body shells like Ford Capri, BMW 2002 etc. have to be used. All dates and more information can be found on social media here.

May 2, 2018

Coelho & Hagberg successful at IFMAR Worlds warm-up

The Welkom RC Arena in Welkom, South Africa hosted their IFMAR World Championship warm-up race last weekend, attracting local drivers and many guests from abroad. This event coincided with the IFMAR 2018 Worlds Warm-up event on the brand new indoor asphalt facility purposely build for the 2018 IFMAR ISTC and 1/12 world championship. Some of the top drivers in the world made their way to South Africa with more than 15 world championships between them to get to know the track characteristics. The green track started with challenging traction but the traction increased as the weekend progressed and the drivers could commit with faster pace during the qualifying rounds as well as the main races.

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May 2, 2018

Giaimo & Catanzani win Italian GT Barchetta Champs

The Italian AMSCI 1/8th GT Barchetta Championships were held at the Palermo track recently, attracting a good number of drivers. In the Expert class it was Rosario Giaimo with the win from Fabio Boero in 2nd and Natanaele Senesi 3rd. In the F1 category it was Andrea Catanzani who made the hat-trick, taking the TQ, the fastest lap and the win in the A-main final from Piero Lucifora and Mirko Vespa in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the F1 class podium here